27/10/11

Cartoonists Without Borders

Dibuixants sense fronteres (Cartoonists Without Borders) is an entity that regulates their activities in accordance with the provisions of Law 4 / 2008 of 24 April, the third book of the Civil Code of Catalonia on legal persons; Organic Law 1 / 2002 of 22 March, regulating the right of association, and its statutes.

The purpose of the association are:

Defence and promotion of democratic culture and solidarity through the image and humor.

Opt for the importance of image in the dissemination of ideas, and support all kinds of artistic expressions that promote positive values, but also political and social criticism.

Organize and support all sorts of activities and projects related to journalism charity, spreading values ​​of solidarity, international cooperation, culture of peace, development cooperation and democratic values.

Conduit for obtaining financial resources to carry out the activities mentioned above.

Provide assistance and support to artists in need, either because of problems with censorship, economic and labor problems, health problems, to suffer retaliation, punishment or torture because of his profession, and so on.

To achieve its objectives, the association carries out the following activities:

Establish a network of social professionals satirical image around the world are open to all sorts of people interested in these activities.

Establish relationships with other entities of any kind to defend the same goals and work together on common projects.

Organize or assist in the organization and activities of all kinds aimed at achieving the objectives of the association. These activities may include (by way of enumeration is not exhaustive), and preparation of publications, posters, websites and other publicity materials, organizing courses, seminars, workshops or conferences, recording and editing videos, DVDs, animations and other digital material, preparation of exhibitions, shows, fairs and other activities that serve to achieve the objectives of the association.